Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Pune: Student Protest against Scholarship Cuts
Last year Social Justice department of central government issued a circular making changes to the scheme of post-matriculation scholarship for students belonging to OBCs (Other Backward Classes). It has changed the scheme from ‘committed liability’ to ‘funds limited’ implying all OBC students would not get scholarship. Also as many as 1175 courses like BCA (Bachelor…
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Role of Corporate Media in Today’s World
Just a few years ago, the corporate media houses were euphoric about the so called ‘growth’ of the Indian economy and were eulogising Ambani’s, Tata’s and the other modern lords of Indian capitalism. Even average Indians were also influenced by this gold rush, which obviously was accessible only to privileged sections of the society at…
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Chennai: Nurses Strike Movement ends in Victory
Taking inspiration from nurse strikes in Kerala, Maharashtra and other parts of the country, nurses from leading private hospitals like Apollo, Fortis and Madras Medical Mission in Chennai went on strike on 2nd March to demand for their basic rights. After a week of uncompromising struggle, the nurses succeeded in winning all their main demands.…
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Capitalism isn’t working
Time to fight for socialist change “Now almost five years old, the economic crisis rumbles on. In order to assess how much economic progress it has undone, the Economist has constructed a measure of lost time for hard-hit countries. “It shows that Greece’s economic clock has been turned back furthest: it has been rewound by…
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Press Statement
The following is a press release statement by Peoples’ Solidarity Concerns – Bangalore, which includes the New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India), on the ongoing agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant. “Freedom of information has deteriorated significantly of late in India, which was ranked 131st out of 179 countries in the 2011-2012 Reporters Without Borders press…
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Kudankulam on the boil
Struggle needs your support now! SP Udayakumar’s appeal The following appeal by SP Udaykumar (Convener, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – PMANE), comes at a crucial juncture for the whole campaign against the Koodankulam nuclear plant. With the Governments of both the state of Tamil Nadu and the Centre ganging up against the struggle, it…
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Solidarity with PMANE against all that is NUCLEAR!
Down With Manmohan Singh and Jayalalitha for brutalising the anti- nuclear protest at Koodankulam In utter disregard to all that is democratic, in a totally unjustifiable move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha on 19th March gave clearance to the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant at Idinthankarai. This shocker coming soon after AIADMK winning the by-elections in Thirunalveli…
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State repression of the Kudankulam fighters condemned
Solidarity Protest in Bangalore against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant On 20th March more than a hundred people gathered in front of Town Hall, Bangalore (popular protest point) in solidarity with the ongoing struggle against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Condemning the latest decision of the Tamil Nadu government (in connivance with the Central government) in giving…
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Pune Municipal Corporation Election-2012
Recently concluded municipal elections in Pune saw no party gaining clear mandate though NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) topped the seat tally and has formed post-election alliance with Congress to gain majority. Citizens were quite fed up with NCP-Congress alliance that ruled last 5 years when overall living conditions and quality of civic amenities moved from…
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Film Review: Jai Bhim, Comrade
“Every day two Dalits are raped and three killed, in the world’s largest democracy” Flim maker and radical activist Anand Patwardhan’s latest documentary – Jai Bhim, Comrade is a heart rending experience of caste atrocities against Daliths in Ramabai Colony, Mumbai (Maharashtra). It provides a glimpse into their conditions and the manner in which even…
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